Again with the baby chicks, I know, but LOOK AT THIS CUTENESS!!!

We ended up with 9 baby silkie bantam chicks, and mom is taking good care of her babies. How fun is this?!

P.S. You can look at my Backyard Chickens flickr set if you want.

We are all very excited about the addition of Silkie Bantam babies to our flock! These little ones are just one day old now. We have seen 7 for sure, and we lost one overnight.. and I could see unhatched eggs under Mom. But we still don’t know for sure how many chicks have hatched successfully. We had 16 eggs at the time she started sitting them. Can’t wait until Momma starts parading them all around so we can get a closer look! Better pics to come when I’m not trying to shoot through a small coop opening so as not to disturb Marie & chickies!

Oscar is a seven year old burrowing owl we met at the Baby Shower fundraising event for Stanislaus Wildlife Care Center’s many rescued animals. We also saw a baby fox, skunk, snakes, a barn owl and a variety of rescued birds. Had a lovely time on a beautiful day. And I must say- I teared up to think of the amazing volunteer work these wonderful people are doing. Kudos to them!

This lightbulb on my neighbor’s garage seems a bit disfigured to me. Hrm.